HUMILITY AND GREATNESS VS PRIDE AND DESTRUCTION (Part 1)

JESUS THE SERVANT LEADER

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of  God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:  But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:  And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Philippians 2: 5- 8

Humility equals greatness, the fastest road to greatness is humility. Many like me believes that pride is a sin associated with public bragging to seeing oneself better than others. Little did I know that arrogance goes beyond public bragging, so I was thinking am very humble and devoid of pride, until I understand what it take to be humble. Humility sees ones not in any way better than others, humility sees others weakness as part of life as no man without weakness. Humility goes beyond gentleness.

THE GREATEST LOVE STORY EVER

There was a very powerful king lived in the largest kingdom ever known with many servants. This King has only one child who he loved so much and cared for dearly. The king also has a dog which he also loved dearly, unfortunately for the king, the dog was deceived by an enemy to join the company of wild wolves against the wish of the king and the son. 

BELIEVER'S FULL ARMORS AGAINST THE DEVIL - Ephesians 6:10-18

Believer's are in a warfare against the devil and his demons. The earlier we realize this and put on these weapons the better our chances of winning the heavenly race is sure and guaranteed. The bible admonishes the believer's to put on the whole armor of God in order to withstand the wiles of the devil. 

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Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints{ Ephesians 6:10-18}.

An understanding that whatever negative character anyone around us displayed is influenced by the devil, will help us in the fight against the devil. Notice verse 11 says, For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood; our fight is not against the human being we are seeing but rather the spirit behind their actions. When Peter try to rebuke Jesus about his death on the cross , Jesus immediately rebuke the devil in Peter and not Peter, He said get behind me devil, this tells us that our war is not flesh and blood. The illustrates the forces we are fighting as summarized below;

WHY AM I SICK? DOES IT MEAN AM NOT BORN AGAIN?

The question is does being a Christian immune someone from sickness? Does sin leads to sickness? Can God heal all type of sickness? If God can heal all type of sickness; why do some Christian die in sickness?

Sickness is one thing that no one ever wish to experience in life, ironically, it is one thing that no one will escape as far as this life is concerned. Being a Christian does not mean we can't sick. It will come, but how you handle it determines whether it will stay or go immediately. Yes! sickness attacked everyone but it does not stay in everybody, so stop welcoming sickness by your behavior. God perfect plan for man at creation was that we shall not know any form of corruption, but with the fall of Adam man knew corruption that has bedridden us till date. 

So long you are still on earth, you will sick when the enemy attack your health, but the good news is that God is able to heal you and will heal you if you believe. God is still in the business of restoring health to men (Jeremiah 30:17). In fact one of the best way to preach the gospel and to draw men back to God is in the healing ministry. In fact Jesus ministry and the apostle were dominated by healing from sickness (healing of the blinds, lame, fever, raising the death etc.( (Matthew 8:13; 9:29; 15:28; Act 3: 5-7; 5:1656).

KEY TO OVERCOME ANY SIN

Jesus Christ left his very throne to die a shameful death on the cross to redeem us from the bondage of sin. ,,,,In that while we are yet sinner, Christ died for us {Rom. 5:8}.  Sin is one factor that have hindered many Christian from enjoying mutual relationship with God here on earth, leading to loss of glory, hinders God’s work and blessing in their life, and ultimately leading to both spiritual death (Rom. 3:23) and eternal condemnation.

 The issue is that many believers is aware of their sin, the consequences of their sin, and are ever willing to be free from it but often lack ability to overcome the sin. The most dangerous of this sin is fornication and adultery. The spirit behind it is so powerful that it binds it victims to herself, it leads the victims to self pity and destruction. It often leads to addiction and become very hard for the victims to break out of the bondage.

I know of a brother who fasted for two weeks just to be able to overcome the sin of fornication only to end up fornicating with a female friend he was narrating his experience to the preceding day. Another brother fornicated same day he was baptized, even with the same cloth he used in baptism. The most pathetic one was another brother who fasted for one month, and the day he ended the fasting his girlfriend came visiting which he ended up fornicating with her. This brother out of bitter heart use knife to cut-off his manhood and died in the process. The question is, can someone overcome such besetting sin? YES IT IS POSSIBLE.